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Needs are the expression of life through us.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Marshall B. Rosenberg
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As long as I think I 'should' do it, I'll resist it, even if I want very much to do it.
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Plans to exact retribution are never going to make us safer.
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Anger is a signal that you're distracted by judgmental or punitive thinking, and that some precious need of yours is being ignored.
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Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we have no real enemies, that what others do to us is the best possible thing they know to do to get their needs met.
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